hairism

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noun

Discrimination based on a person's hair type.

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Meanings

nounhairism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDiscrimination based on a person's hair type.

    […] hairism (the privileging of one hair type over another) becomes a norm in American society that most African Americans understand deeply but of which people of other races remain largely unaware.

    2017, Roxanne Harde, Lydia Kokkola, The Embodied Child, page 89

Origin

hair + -ism

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APA

hairism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairism

MLA

“hairism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hairism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hairism.

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